Title: "The Adventures of Aquaboy"
Pages: 7
Feature(s):
Aquaman (of Earth-1)
Writer: Robert Bernstein
Artist: Ramona Fradon
Reprinted From:
Adventure Comics #268 (1960)
Feature Character(s)
Other Character(s)
- Captain Harte (no further appearances)
Flashback Appearance(s)
Comments:
The flashback sequences of this story take place when Aquaman was a boy.
Synopsis:
Aquaman rescues a drowning blind man. The man has lived on a deserted island for years and does not believe in Aquaman’s powers. Aquaman recalls other men being sceptical about his existance when he was just a boy.
Years previous, Aquaboy rescues the man, Captain Harte, from a sinking freighter. Harte believed that the boy was a liar, and that he was saved by accident. Aquaboy had more difficulty in proving his existance, when he saved a town from a broken dike and also when assisting some treasure hunters.
A sea quake causes Harte to fall back into the ocean. Aquaman summons a whale to help him. Harte is convinced of Aquaman’s abilities because he can feel inside the whale’s mouth. He reveals the location of a missing chest of pearls which can be used to pay for an eye operation. Aquaman finds the missing pearls and gives them to Harte.